What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

The middle finger of modernity.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.